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President of Nintendo America, Reggie Fils-Aimé, Retires

As some of you may know, Reggie Fils-Aimé retired as the president of Nintendo of America on April 15. He was the president for 13 years, since 2006, and so I think it is fitting to send him off by talking about his greatest achievements.

He started at Nintendo in 2003, but was first introduced to the public with his quote during E3 2004: “My name is Reggie. I’m about kickin’ ass, I’m about takin’ names, and we’re about makin’ games”.

Nintendo was not Reggie’s first job in high management. He had management positions in Proctor and Gamble, Pizza Hut, and Panda Management Co.

Before he worked at Nintendo, Reggie helped raise 35 million dollars for 9/11 disaster relief.

He helped bring the focus of the gaming community back to Nintendo, and made the Wii the best selling Nintendo console in history.

Now that Reggie is no longer at Nintendo, Doug Bowser is the current president for Nintendo of America